Word: mild
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Rubella is a mild virus, but can be very dangerous if contracted by women during the first three months of pregnancy. Children of infected mothers have close to a 50-per-cent chance of developing birth defects such as deafness, heart malformations, or mental retardation...
IRELAND. The west coast is another of the world's beauty spots where dollars are still emerald green. It is caressed by the Gulf Stream, and the summers are usually mild and pleasant. At hostelries like the converted Kinsale monastery at the mouth of the Bandon River (double room: $50), history is in the air, but the comforts are strictly modern. Some west coast castles and stately homes have been transformed into hotels with swimming pools and tennis courts. The salmon and trout, as they say, are beggin' to be caught. No self-respecting village is without its choice...
...successor, Muzorewa, is a slight (5 ft.), mild-mannered man who is particularly popular with urban audiences. His garb can be flamboyant; at one campaign appearance he wore black trousers with yellow, red and green stripes and a coat of many colors. He is notoriously thin-skinned in dealing with rivals. Says a former colleague: "Muzorewa is at his best as a preacher and at his worst as a Cardinal." Though a reluctant politician at first, he waged a strenuous campaign, traveling around the country for an average of five or six appearances a day. At these he would hold...
...decision went against the advice of some top Administration advisers, including Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal, Inflation Adviser Alfred Kahn and Chief Presidential Economist Charles Schultze. Sensing that a surge of inflation is in the making, they take the position that money policy should be tightened to produce a mild slowdown. The alternative, they fear, is too fast economic growth that would lead to even worse inflation?and then a sharp recession later on. Private economists as ideologically diverse as Conservative Alan Greenspan and Liberal Arthur Okun, both members of TIME'S Board of Economists, support the case for tighter...
...basically a mild, self-limiting disease," Wacker said. "I imagine a lot of people have a touch of it and don't know it," he added...